Pruitt good to go
Gabe Pruitt came out late for pre-game warm-ups at Pauley Pavilion after receiving treatment for his sprained right ankle in the locker room. He said the ankle was stiff when he woke up today but that it was feeling better after treatment and that he didn't think it would affect his play. USC-UCLA game for first place in the Pac-10 in one hour ...
Matthew Kredell broke into the Daily News in 1998, working part time
at the paper while going to USC. The basketball team’s Elite Eight
run in 2000-01 was USC’s athletic highlight in his time at the
school, when the football team was stuck in the Paul Hackett-era.
After graduating in 2001, he started writing for the Daily News full
time. He’s in his second year covering USC, which coincides with the
rise of the program. He’ll take credit for the success, though Tim
Floyd may have more to do with it. A third-generation Los Angelean,
he grew up reading the Daily News while at El Camino Real High School
in Woodland Hills.